CDR Jerry Ryan

Navy | Public Affairs

Dates of Service: Jun 1966 - Aug 1989

RETIRED

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Influence Score: 942
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Sep 82

Commissioning Source: OCS, Sep 1967

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Bio

Born and raised in St. Louis, Mo. Played high school basketball and Editor of yearbook. Attended Southern Illinois Univ one year then to Arkansas State College. Spent 23 years active duty in Navy Public Affairs. Upon retiring created and developed the largest disc jockey service on the north Gulf Coast with 10 sound systems and 15 DJ's performing 500+ events a year. Am now a Realtor since 2004

Military Experiences

Jan 1968 - Jan 1969

Public Affairs Officer

HQ United Nations Command | Seoul and Panmunjom Korea

Media Liaison Officer for U.S. and free world news media. Drafted and coordinated the public affairs aspects of the return of the captured USS PUEBLO crew from north Korea.

Deployments

Public Affairs

Boot Camp San Diego CA
Journalist Seaman (E-3), CDR River Assault Flotilla 1 Vietnam
OCS, Newport RI.
Chief of Information, Pentagon
HQ UN Command Seoul Korea
CINCPACFLT Pearl Harbor HI
COMSERVPAC Pearl Harbor HI
Chief of Information, Pentagon
NTC Orlando FL
GuantanamoBay Cuba
Navy Recruiting HQ
NAS Pensacola FL
HQ US European CMD Stuttgart Germany

Military Credentials

Professional Development Schools

Oct 1967 - Dec 1967

Basic Information Officer School

Security Clearance

Top Secret

Academic Degrees

1961 - 1966

Arkansas State University

Bachelor's Degree, Radio & Television

Personal Information

Interests

Golf